PADILLA ANGULO, LAURA, LASARTE LÓPEZ, JESÚS MIGUEL, CALDENTEY DEL POZO, PEDRO

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Eval. Program Plan.

Article

Científica

2

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1.5

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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85144794955&doi=10.1016%2fj.evalprogplan.2022.102212&partnerID=40&md5=c550b0b3c8542ec9a9c156187683cc65

01/04/2023

000914027800001

2-s2.0-85144794955

10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2022.102212

Microenterprises represent 88.4 % of Latin American enterprises, and many countries in the region have developed microenterprise promotion policies in recent years; however, rigorous evaluation remains a pending issue. To shed light on the research done on this topic over the last 20 years and propose a roadmap for the policy evaluation of microenterprise business support services and the development of microenterprise indicators, this work conducts a systematic review, following the PRISMA guidelines, of peer-reviewed journal articles examining the impact of business support services on microenterprise performance in low- and middle-income Latin American countries. We identified 679 studies, and 17 studies met the inclusion criteria. We found that the literature is surprisingly scarce; most studies focus on credits and impacts on financial performance and concentrate on Mexico; and only three articles involve randomised controlled trials. Our results have important implications for policymakers and future research. © 2022 Elsevier Ltd

article; human; Mexico; middle income group; Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses; randomized controlled trial (topic); South and Central America; systematic review

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